Niagara Falls conference explained

The Niagara Falls convention was a meeting of twenty-nine activists, held at the Erie Beach Hotel, Fort Erie, Ontario, on the Canadian side of the Niagara River, from July 11 until 14 July 1905.^{[1] [2]} It was the first meeting of The Niagara Movement, a group of African-Americans, led by W. E. B. Du Bois, John Hope, and William Monroe Trotter. Instrumental in forming the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.^[3] The subsequent Niagara Conference was held the following year at Storer College, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.^[4]

External links

• The Niagara Movement founded

Notes and References

1. Web site: African American Registry: The Niagara Movement founded . aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1005/The_Niagara_Movement_founded . https://web.archive.org/web/20040406041957/http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1005/The_Niagara_Movement_founded . 2004-04-06 . 6 April 2004 . dead.
2. News: Coard . Michael . The Niagara Movement, a precursor to NAACP, fought for economic and civil rights Michael Coard . Pennsylvania Capital-Star . 6 July 2022.
3. Book: Sernett . Milton C. . Bound for the promised land : African American religion and the great migration . 1997 . Durham, NC : Duke University Press . 978-0-8223-1984-9 . 22 .
4. Web site: The Niagara Movement at Storer College Historical Marker . hmdb.org . 10 February 2024 . en.